2. Artifact Bag

Rohani Jadonath

Damaris Rodriguez: In Our Neighborhood

These coupons represent the grocery stores that are found in neighborhood or communities.


The library card represents the libraries that are found in our community.

This the park that are in our communities.

The post office in our communities, where all of mail is delivered to, and sent to our homes.

The schools in our community, where children receive their education

Stephnie Sahadeo: Money and the Bank



Jennifer Bushnell:
2nd Grade Community
Community Involvement/Making a difference

1. YouTube video clip about Hoops of Hope (founded by Austin Gutwein at 9 years old in 2004) as an introduction- Share with students how even someone as young as they are can make a difference; they can just start with something small in their own community. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUlmImvtq4c Other videos are available on the page.
2. Nerf ball- Use for a fun activity to brainstorm ideas in which they can be involved in making their community a better place; one student will start with an idea and pass the ball to another student who will then come up with another idea, much like “pay it forward.”
3. Canned food- Discuss how students can collect canned food items to donate to the food bank.
4. Wrapping paper- Discuss with students how, as the holidays are coming up, they can come together to help give gifts to those who are less fortunate. As a class, I would like to be able to brainstorm ideas for gifts they could give as a class or individually. For example, each student or small groups of students could wrap a gift of school supplies or art supplies to give to a child in need.
5. Shell- Use as an example of a beach cleanup day.

Tahreer Maswadi